I just wanted to let you know that starting next week, I’ll be signing off Twitter indefinitely. Both my Twitter profile and Facebook page will become an automated aggregate for the content I’m posting on Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, Patreon and this blog. I won’t be responding to replies and DMs, so if you need to contact me, please email me directly at stephen [at] stephenbobbett [dot] [com].

There are so many Twitter expatriate posts in the blogosphere that I hesitate to add my own. Suffice it to say, between platform changes that infested my carefully manicured timeline with a bunch of algorithmic weeds, and the persistent anxiety that comes with having the foaming zeitgeist of the planet at my constant disposal, I just kind of feel like Twitter sucks a lot right now.

That being said, I know a lot of people use Twitter to stay current with their favorite content creators. This profile will still feed you art posts, stream alerts, videos and other Fancy goodness. It just won’t have the personal touch. For that, I’d recommend following my other social media outlets. Thanks for your understanding, and I’ll see you elsewhere on the Internet.

Slowly but surely I’ve been working through old Breath of the Wild highlights and compiling them for YouTube. This one’s probably going to be my favorite. I don’t know why I was so mean to Koroks in this game. They’re really quite cute.

The first five pages of The Big Crunch, Issue 1 are now free to read on the comic website. The Big Crunch is a graphic novel about Thanova, a crowded alien metropolis under a black hole sun. In this first issue, a bombastic vagrant doomsayer named Blastich is on a quest for a meal at the most prestigious restaurant in the galaxy.

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Avengers: Infinity War is out in theaters, and I had to commemorate the occasion with a portrait of Thanos and his children. This is a digital illustration made entirely in Photoshop. I’ve made some wallpaper-friendly versions that you can download below.

I’ve been sick as a dog these past couple of days, so I laid in bed watching The Guardians of the Galaxy movies. There’s a line of Yondu’s that resonated with me, about the telekinetic arrow that he can thread through his enemies like a needle using nothing but whistles. He says to Quill, “I don’t use my head to fly the arrow, boy. I use my heart.” And I thought, what a good metaphor for my art for the New Year.

I get easily obsessed with technique, style, media. And that obsession leads to perfectionism, which does nothing but stifle my work. In 2018, I want to make the heart my focus. I want intuition, creativity and exploration to dominate my sketchbook. Discipline is important, but I think the brain learns more fluidly when the heart is allowed to guide it.

Let’s fly the arrow with our hearts this year. Oh, and get over this seasonal cold.

Kurt Vonnegut has been my favorite author for a long time and is the patron saint of my Twitch channel. I’ve only sketched him once, but it felt right to give him a proper rendering. Mobile and desktop wallpapers are available below.

Inktober is a yearly fall challenge to draw 31 traditional ink drawings in 31 days. Rather than follow the official prompts, I asked my Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch followers to give me suggestions. Here are the results. Enjoy!

No. 1: Samuel L. Jackson, requested by @rddj623 on Instagram.

No. 2: Scary Terry, requested by @ceruleanoak on Instagram.

No. 3: Dwight Schrute, requested by @baileyjanew on Instagram.

No. 4: Chewbacca, requested by @mickmontgomery on Instagram.

No. 5: Piranha Plant, requested by @ceruleanoak on Instagram.

No. 6: Nicolas Cage, requested by @ryanahlgrim on Instagram.

No. 7: Pennywise, requested by @Jekkt__ on Twitch.

No. 8: Jackalope in a Top Hat, requested by @fluffynopeIX on Instagram.

No. 9: Cuphead, requested by me.

No. 10: Leviathan, requested by @daedlogistics on Twitch.

No. 11: Weresheep, requested by @sandmanevil on Twitch.

No. 12: Giraffe Cop, requested by @whackly on Twitch.

No. 13: A walking beard, requested by @welkhiki on Twitch.

No. 14: Cousin Jake and his many chins, requested by @jweidmanphoto on Instagram (a.k.a. Cousin Jake).

No. 15: Doctor Narwhal, requested by Jen from my pub trivia team.

No. 16: The Irredeemable Ant-Man, requested by @unsaxon51 on Twitter.

No. 17: The Turtle Jerk, requested by Dave on my pub trivia team.

No. 18: A shoe, requested by Karen on my pub trivia team.

No. 19: Phil Kliger as a bubble boy, requested by none other than @u_p_ himself on Instagram.

No. 20: A creature in overalls, requested by @thedreamingbat on Instagram.